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Jens Stoye is a Professor of Genome Informatics at the Faculty of Engineering, Bielefeld University, where he has held this position since 2002. He leads the Genome Informatics Working Group at CeBiTec and serves as Managing Director of the Bielefeld Institute for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (BIBI). Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Directors at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) and held numerous administrative roles, including Dean of the Faculty of Technology and Speaker of the DFG Research Training Group.
- Education: Diploma in Informatics in the Natural Sciences (1995) and PhD (1997) from Bielefeld University
- Current Roles: Full University Professor, Managing Director of BIBI, Executive Director of ZiF (2023-2025)
His research focuses on computational genomics, including genome rearrangement, comparative genomics, and pangenomics. Recent work explores the double distance problem, natural genome phylogeny reconstruction, and efficient pangenome storage techniques. He has developed algorithms for genome assembly benchmarking (GABenchToB), rearrangement epidemiology (pling), and core genome detection.
Scientific Contributions include best paper awards and editorial roles at IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, BMC Bioinformatics, and Discrete Applied Mathematics. He has served on over 20 conference committees (WABI, ISMB, RECOMB) and advised 165+ theses (36 PhD, 71 Master/Diploma, 58 Bachelor).
Leadership Roles:
- Vice-Speaker of German Bioinformatics Society (2002-2014)
- Dean of Faculty of Technology (2007-2009)
- Speaker of DFG Research Training Group (2013-2019)
- Member of DAAD Postdoc Fellowship Committee (2014-2025)